Kevin Valentine is an American

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drummer who is best known for being a member of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers. Valentine played

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on all of the band's early albums during the 1980s.The Official Home of Donnie Iris and The Cruisers
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, The Lou Gramm Band and Neverland. He also performed (on a session basis) on the

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albums ''

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'', playing on all tracks but one on ''Psycho Circus''. The one track he did not play was " Into the Void", performed by

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. On ''Revenge'', he played on one song, "Take It Off" and played on "You Love Me to Hate You" on ''Hot in the Shade''. He was also a touring member of

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. Valentine is also a sound mixer for many prominent TV shows, such as ''

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'', '' El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'', ''

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Discography

With Todd Tamanend Clark

* ''Two Thousand Light Years From Home'' (1975)

With Breathless

* ''Breathless'' (1979) * ''Nobody Leaves This Song Alive'' (1980) * ''The Best Of Breathless · Picture This'' (1993)

With Rosie

* ''Live'' (1988)

With Donnie Iris and the Cruisers

* ''Back on the Streets'' (1980) * ''King Cool'' (1981) * ''The High and the Mighty'' (1982) * ''Fortune 410'' (1983) * ''No Muss...No Fuss'' (1985) * ''Out of the Blue'' (1992) * ''Poletown'' (1997) * ''20th Century Masters: The Best of Donnie Iris'' (2001) * ''25 Years'' (2004) * ''Ellwood City'' (2006)

With Kiss

* ''

'' (1989) Drums on "You Love Me to Hate You" and "King of Hearts". * ''

'' (1992) Drums on "Take It Off". * ''

'' (1998) All Drums except for the song “Into The Void”.

With The Innocent

* ''Livin' In The Street'' (1985)

With Godz

* ''Mongolians'' (1987)

With Shadow King

* ''Shadow King'' (1991) * ''Highlander II · The Quickening (soundtrack)'' (1991)

With Neverland

* ''Surreal World'' (1996)

With Graham Bonnet

* Underground'' (1997) * ''The Day I Went Mad'' (1999)

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valentine, Kevin Living people American rock drummers Kiss (band) personnel Donnie Iris and the Cruisers members Musicians from Pittsburgh Shadow King members 1956 births 20th-century American drummers American male drummers The Innocent (band) members